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Someone please tell me the difference and similarities between "denotation" and "connotation"

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Denotation is the dictionary meaning of a word. Connotation is the emotional overtones or nuances that the word is understood to have, but which don't necessarily show up in the dictionary. So, for example, the words "youngster" and "child" both have the same denotation. However, they have slightly different connotations.

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